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The Seattle Times

In an op-ed, Professor Jennifer Hoffman argues for reshaping what the college curriculum should look like for athletes who want to be compensated for their name, image and likeness.

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University Week

Given the fierce debates about K--12 education spending in recent decades, it is surprising that so little is known about the connection between spending and outcomes -- in effect, why a doubling of money spent on public schools the past 30 years has yielded only slight improvements in student achievement. Marguerite Roza, research associate professor of education and senior scholar at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, addresses this question in her new book, Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go?

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Austin Statesman

Professor David Knight is co-author of an op-ed discussing the need for policymakers to ensure charter schools efficiently use public resources to serve students.

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ABC News

Faculty member Bob Abbott's research with the UW Social Development Research Group featured on ABC.

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ParentMap

Yev Veverka, teaching associate and practicum coordinator for the UW's Applied Behavior Analysis program, writes that families need more support in focusing first on navigating children’s emotional needs during the current crisis.

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Seattle Times

Online education that leads to a degree is becoming a bigger slice of the education business for Washington’s two major state universities. UW Online Early Childhood and Family Studies student Nicole Traore, who works at the Mukilteo Early Childhood Education Assistance Program in Lynnwood, is featured. “For me, it’s about changing the way I see things,” Traore said about earning a bachelor’s degree at the age of 45. “I’m trying to be able to support families (in the ECEAP program) in a better way. And, it’s personal because I always wanted to get my bachelor’s degree.

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Sesame Workshop

Jordan Taitingfong, a doctoral student and early learning training specialist at UW's Haring Center for Inclusive Education, writes about the intersection of disability and race in early childhood.

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The Seattle Times

The UW College of Education's work helping Lakeridge Elementary create a professional learning community of educators is cited.

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Journal of Indigenous Social Development

Emma Elliott-Groves’ paper titled “Indigenous Relationality is the Heartbeat of Indigenous Existence during COVID-19" was published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Indigenous Social Development, titled Vol 9 No. 3(2020): Indigenous Communities and COVID-10: Impact and Implications.  Elliott-Groves is an assistant professor at the UW College of Education. The oc-authors include: Drs. Dawn Hardison-Stevens (Program Manager, Native Education Certificate Program and Teacher Education Program, College of Ed) and Jessica Ullrich (University of Alaska Anchorage (UW School of Social Work PhD alum). 

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Big Picture Learning

The College of Education's Danforth Educational Leadership Program is featured in an article about the important role that principals play in helping create equitable and socially just education institutions.